[vaah]

Hello, i tried to install ISTA+ on my windows 7 laptop. But the installer won't let me. It said my windows version isnt supported. My c drive has about 200gb free space. Any suggestion?

Edit: OP's guide mentioned win7. But it looks like ISTA+ will only run on windows 10.

 

[vaah]

Oh, that is interesting! I'll edit the post for the mean time and ill look into it.

Hello I ran into problem, I have K+DCAN that doesn't have switch on it. ISTA+ gives me error "The vehicle could not be identified successfully. Check vehicle interface and 'PAD actice'."
This cable works when I use INPA on my other laptop that runs windows 7. I guess the cable itself should be fine. So not sure what's wrong. Can you help me?

I already changed the line "Interface = STD:OBD" in EDIABAS.INI file. still not working..I also tried this setup on BMW E60 520i 2004. It doesn't work either.

 

[vaah]

Is your port in the EBIDAS.INI set as the same as the hardware?

I coildn't find PORT definition in EBIADAS.ini, but I had changed interface definition to "Interface =STD:OBD"

I haven't changed OBD.ini though. Where can i find this? Is it in ista+ installation folder?

Also, i read again pin 7 and pin 8 my K+DCAN cable has to be bridged for <2007 car year? Is this true? My cable doesn't have switch.

 

[vaah]

haha i think i am right behind you in getting this configured. Got ISTA installed and my K+DCAN arrived today. Mine has the switch. But not connecting to the car. same error message as you. Just saw your previous post so went in an edited the EBIADAS.ini to STD:OBD but i can't find any OBD.ini file. Did search of entire drive. My USB port is COM3 for the cable. And don't see anything in ISTA to manage that configuration. Hoping TBOUCHARD can guide us to the light!

Yeah, I just checked my windows I didn't find OBD.ini under windows folder, or in ISTA installation folder. I did search the whole C drive, not found. I'm waiting for @tbouchard991 for his next advice.

 

[vaah]

Oh Goodness! My apologies ya'll.

@phlynch, @vaah

OBD.ini is located in C:\EDIABAS\Bin (If its not there, I'd make sure INPA is installed)


Looks something like this ->

View attachment 966671


This is what is in the obd.ini,

As stated above, make sure your

PORT=Com1 (This is what mine is set too, but you can set it to whatever number you would like, but make sure this matches your cable settings in the device manager)
Hardware=OBD (Has to be set to this)

View attachment 966669


This is the Edibas.ini
View attachment 966670

Wait... So i need to install INPA alongside ISTA+?

Can you comment on my cable? Do i need to bridge pin 7 & 8 for e46 and 2004 e60?

 

[vaah]

I haven't tested if it works without INPA, truthfully. Its a super simple install, and worth it tbh to have it with ISTA.

As for cable

-> 2/2007 and older vehicles requires the pin 7 and 8 to be bridged to work and 3/2007 and later requires pin 7 and 8 to be separate.

So yes! Both pin 7&8 need to be bridged.

I have INPA installed on my old laptop that runs win7. I installed PA soft there too and a bunch other software that doesn't require win10. So I didn't think I'd need to install INPA on separate machine that I installed win10 to exclusively run ISTA+. hahaha

I'll install INPA and bridge that cable ASAP.

 

[vaah]

So I found out that you need to place obd.ini under c:\windows . I tried connecting ISTA to E60 2004 first . It successfully identified the vehicle info and pulled fault codes. INPA works too.

Then I move on to E46 2002, funnily problem still persists. ISTA wont connect to my e46 somehow.. INPA doesnt work too.

I'm really at lost. I bridged the pin 7 and 8. Any other idea @tbouchard991

 

[vaah]

@vaah

Great News! I have found an earlier version 4.01 (Which is compatible with Windows 7).

I learned that versions 4.21 and above is only compatible with Windows 10.

I'll be making some new install instructions for Version 4.01, and readding v4.32 soon as-well.

I apologize for all the frustration, I know its a PITA getting a version to work.

What a surprise!! I'll give it a try. I'm downloading it now. Thank you for the effort!

 

[vaah]

@tbouchard991 Hello I ran into problem. What do I fill in for the home ISIS field? I tried random string, it gave me error..

Error message:

EDIT: Looks like I spoke too soon. lol, I just relaunched the app, it works fine. Now I'm off to my car to try read any errors.